Improvement in printing-telegraphs



2 ShSets-Sheet 1. J. A. HITTER, Jr Printing-Telegraphs.

No. 216,411. Patented June 10, 1879.

WITNESSES: mvm'rom N. FETEFSfPHOTO-LITNOGRAPHER, WASHINGTONv D. c,

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEAN A. BITTER, JR, OF ST. MARTINVILLE, LOUISIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN PRlNTlNG-TELEGRAPHS.

I Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 216,411, dated June 10, 1879 application filed January 15, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEAN A. HITTER, Jr., of St. Martinville, in the parish of St. Martins and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Printin g-Tele- 1graphs, of which the following is a specificaion.

In Letters Patent granted to me November 5, 1878, No. 209,684, a type-writing machineis shown in which there is a cylindrical table containing type arranged in a circle, and a depressing-pin is used for printing the desired type by hand-pressure upon the paper below the table.

My present invention relates to the adaptation of the apparatus in said patent as an electrical printing-machine and for printingtelegraphs.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a general plan of my apparatus. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation on line as :r of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line 3 y of Fig. 2.-

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is a cylindrical table that is supported on a raised platform, and fitted to revolve upon a central arbor by means of an exterior cogwheel, a, that meshes with a pinion, b, on'one end of a horizontal shaft, 0. The other end of shaft 0 is held in a standard, 01, that rises from the base 6 of the machine, and a pinion, f, on shaft 0 at this end meshes with a large gearwheel, '9, which is upon an arbor journaled in standard 0?, and is connected with a spring or other motor, whereby the shaft 0 and table A are revolved continuously except when stopped, as hereinafter described.

The table A is provided with a number of vertical perforations, 71., that are arranged in a circle, the holes serving to guide a-corresponding number of type, i, embracing all the letters of the alphabet, and in addition the numbers from 1 to 9, if desired.

The type are guided by a perforated bottom plate of the table, and provided at their upper ends with a collar or shoulder, between which and the bottom guide-plate spiral springs are interposed, that return the type into a raised position whenever they have been depressed for printing. The type project below the bottom of the table so they may be inked by ink-rollers in any desired manner.

Upon the top of table A are arranged radially to holes h letters or numerals corresponding to the types, for the convenience of the operator. These parts are substantially the same as in the aforesaid Letters Patent.

Upon the base 0 is fixed an electro-magnet, k, which is in the circuit of a local-battery that is opened and closed by a relay, B, which is in the main-line circuit, that is closed by a fin gerkey, G.

The armature l of the magnet 70 is upon a lever, on, that is fulcrumed on a cross-bar, a, one end of which lever m extends above the table A, and the opposite end extends to the ratchet or gear wheel 0 on the arbor of the gear-wheel g, and when the armature is freed from the magnet 70 engages with the teeth of 0, thereby preventing rotation of wheel g, and consequently stopping the table A.

The lever m is th rown into the last-described position by means of a spiral spring, 19, that is v connected to an arm projecting from m and to an adj llStlIlg-SOIBW in standard d, which spring at the same time depresses the opposite end of lever m, and by means of a vertical pin, q, upon at that enters the perforation h that is beneath it, the letter in that perforation is forced down upon the paper placed below the type.

By pressing upon the finger-key O the circuit of magnet It will be closed and the armature l drawn to the magnet, thereby releasing lever m from wheel 0 and permitting the table A to revolve.

When the desired letter is in position for be in g printed by the pin q, the circuit will be broken by releasing key 0, and the stoppage of the table A and printing will be performed, as described.

The paper will be placed upon a suitable bed beneath table A, as shown by dotted lines at r, and by using a sheet of transfer-paper inkrollers may be dispensed with, and two copies may be printed at once.

The papersupport must be movable, so as to vary its position with reference to the type. I use for this purpose the device shown in the before-mentioned LettersPatentto move thepaper forward the space of one letter after every impression, and move it transversely at the completion of a line. I

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination, with the revolving typecarrying table A, of the armature-lever m, pin q, armature l, and spring 9, arranged and operating substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The type-carryin g table A, shaft 0, gears a, I), f, and g, magnet 70, armature l, lever m, and ratchet-wheel 0, combined, arranged, and operating in connection with a spring or other motor that operates to revolve the gear-wheel g and an electric circuit for operating magnet k, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

' J. A. BITTER, JR. Witnesses:

WM. B. EASTON, EDWIN DELAHOUSSAYE. 

